Pumped! 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

Most of the world doesn't think tractor hydraulics is very exciting. But engineer Rich Job thinks it is. For instance, Job will tell you how, when he...

Good buy: Ten degrees of tillage  

A NEW vertical tillage system from Landoll can help growers who have struggled with a late harvest and wet soils. The new VTPlus tillage system is equipped...

A steadier course 

By: By Karen McMahon

GUIDANCE EQUIPMENT on tractors steer the vehicle with precision, but what about a 30-ft.-wide implement that's pulled 30 ft. behind the tractor? The implement's...

Breaking ground 

By: By Jodie Wehrspann

KANSAS NATIVE Shawn Schneider, a mechanical engineer for a major OEM, was frustrated with the red tape, bureaucracy and layers of middle management involved...

Farm show bonanza 

By: Story by Karen McMahon

CVT on new tractors FIVE MODELS in the T7000 series tractors from New Holland are now equipped with AutoCommand CVT (continuously variable transmission)....

Heavy-duty strip-till 

AGCO’s Sunflower brand has a new line of heavy-duty strip-till machines called the 7600 series. The machines are available in 8- and 12-row models...

In the tillage zone 

By: By Karen McMahon

FARMERS LIKE to tinker with their field machinery, modifying it from the original manufacturer's design. But when Mark Bauer decided to modify his tillage...

Raising the bar 

By: By John Russnogle

Not All toolbars are built for the rigors of strip-till. That's not a problem with a new front-fold toolbar built by Harvest International, Cherokee,...

One-pass tillage 

By: By Larry Stalcup

Labor. Time. Fuel. Those are three things Tim Jamerson saves by running a new plow after harvest on his Hornersville, MO, farm. Jamerson recently completed...

All in one pass 

By: By John Russnogle

Clyde Cook still remembers helping his dad farm with a team of horses as a young boy. Today, he harnesses more than 500 hp with a Case Quadtrac 535 pulling...